Michinori Honma、Toshiaki Nose2004-09-20Applied Optics
We propose a novel formation method of arbitrary phase profiles of circular light by controlling azimuthal angles of liquid-crystal directors; its principle is described theoretically. A new liquid-crystal blazed grating is demonstrated by use of the proposed method. It is revealed that the first-order diffraction eff…
Liquid Crystal Research AdvancementsOrbital Angular Momentum in OpticsAdvanced Optical Imaging Technologies
Payal Sengupta、J. W. M. Noordermeer2004-09-20Journal of Elastomers & Plastics
This work presents a comparative study of the morphology and structure-related properties of thermoplastic elastomer blends based on SEBS-PP-oil and dynamically vulcanized EPDM-PP-oil prepared under identical conditions. Compositions of each blend type with three different SEBS-PP and EPDM-PP ratios by weight were mad…
Polymer crystallization and propertiesPolymer Nanocomposites and PropertiesPolymer composites and self-healing
Fumiyasu Oba、Hiromichi Ohta、Yukio Sato 等 6 位作者2004-09-20Physical Review B
The atomic structure of [0001]-tilt grain boundaries in ZnO was investigated using high-resolution transmission electron microscopy (HRTEM) and atomistic calculations. HRTEM observation was conducted for [0001] fiber-textured ZnO thin films grown on quartz-glass substrates by the pulsed-laser deposition. The [0001]-ti…
ZnO doping and propertiesMetal and Thin Film MechanicsCopper-based nanomaterials and applications
A.C. Yanes、Javier del Castillo、M.E. Torres 等 6 位作者2004-09-20Applied Physics Letters
Glass ceramics of composition 95SiO2-5SnO2 doped with 0.4mol% Eu3+ have been prepared by thermal treatment of sol-gel glasses. The segregated SnO2 nanocrystals present a mean size comparable to the bulk exciton Bohr radius (about 2.4nm), corresponding to a wide band-gap quantum-dot system in an insulator SiO2 glass. A…
Luminescence Properties of Advanced MaterialsQuantum Dots Synthesis And PropertiesGlass properties and applications
Xiao‐ping Hu、Wei‐Yi Li、Yuzhong Wang2004-09-20Journal of Applied Polymer Science
Abstract The lowering of ignitability and flammability of polyethylene (PE) and the production of fire‐retarding materials has become an urgent problem because of the demand of fire safety. In our article, a new charring agent (CA), a derivative of triazines, was synthesized by charging 2‐amino‐4,6‐dichloro‐s‐triazine…
Flame retardant materials and propertiesSynthesis and properties of polymersSynthesis and Characterization of Heterocyclic Compounds
Feiming Bai、Jiefang Li、D. Viehland2004-09-20Applied Physics Letters
The domain structures of annealed (001)-oriented Pb(Mg1∕3Nb2∕3)O3-x%PbTiO3(PMN-x%PT) crystals for x=10, 20, 30, 35, and 40at.% have been investigated by polarized optical microscopy and scanning force microscopy in the piezoresponse mode. The results demonstrate the presence of a domain hierarchy on various length sca…
Ferroelectric and Piezoelectric MaterialsPhotorefractive and Nonlinear OpticsAcoustic Wave Resonator Technologies
Luis Morellón、Z. Arnold、César Magén 等 9 位作者2004-09-20Physical Review Letters
Effects of temperature and pressure on magnetic, elastic, structural, and thermal properties of ${\mathrm{T}\mathrm{b}}_{5}{\mathrm{S}\mathrm{i}}_{2}{\mathrm{G}\mathrm{e}}_{2}$ have been studied by means of macroscopic (thermal expansion and magnetization) and microscopic (neutron powder diffraction) techniques. We pr…
Magnetic and transport properties of perovskites and related materialsRare-earth and actinide compoundsAdvanced Condensed Matter Physics
Chenyu Wei、Deepak Srivastava2004-09-20Applied Physics Letters
A general analytic expression for the Young’s modulus of a range of carbon nanofibers (CNFs) with single or multishell nanocone or cone stacked structures has been developed from continuum elastic theory. The Young’s modulus of a single-shell nanocone is found to be cos4θ of that of an equivalent single-wall carbon na…
Carbon Nanotubes in CompositesMechanical and Optical ResonatorsSmart Materials for Construction
Caetano R. Miranda、Ricardo W. Nunes、A. Antonelli2004-09-20arXiv
Temperature effects on the energetics of the 90-degree partial dislocation in silicon and germanium are investigated, using non-equilibrium methods to estimate free energies, coupled with Monte Carlo simulations. Atomic interactions are described by Tersoff and EDIP interatomic potentials. Our results indicate that th…
Materials Science
T. Müller、K.-H. Heinig、W. Möller 等 12 位作者2004-09-20Applied Physics Letters
Scalability and performance of current flash memories can be improved substantially by replacing the floating polycrystalline-silicon gate by a layer of Si dots. Here, we present both experimental and theoretical studies on ion beam synthesis of multi-dot layers consisting of Si nanocrystals (NCs) embedded in the gate…
Semiconductor materials and devicesSilicon Nanostructures and PhotoluminescenceIon-surface interactions and analysis
C. Thirion、W. Wernsdorfer、D. Mailly2004-09-20arXiv
Magnetization reversal in magnetic particles is one of the fundamental issues in magnetic data storage. Technological improvements require the understanding of dynamical magnetization reversal processes at nanosecond time scales. New strategies are needed to overcome current limitations. For example, the problem of th…
Materials Sciencecond-mat.stat-mech
Darshak R. Trivedi、Amar Ballabh、Parthasarathi Dastidar 等 4 位作者2004-09-20Chemistry - A European Journal
Organic salts based on dicyclohexylamine and substituted/unsubstituted cinnamic acid exhibit efficient gelation of organic fluids, including selective gelation of oil from an oil/water mixture. Among the cinnamate salts, dicyclohexylammonium 4-chlorocinnamate (1), 3-chlorocinnamate (2), 4-bromocinnamate (3), 3-bromoci…
Lipid Membrane Structure and BehaviorPorphyrin and Phthalocyanine ChemistrySupramolecular Self-Assembly in Materials
Atsushi Ishikawa、J. Nohara、S. Sugai2004-09-20Physical Review Letters
The magnetic state in LaCoO3 changes from the low spin state (S=0) to the mixed state with a thermally excited intermediate spin state (IS) (S=1) above about 50 K. The partially filled e(g) orbital in the IS state has a nature of Jahn-Teller (JT) distortion. The cooperative JT distortion causes an orbital order. We fo…
Magnetic and transport properties of perovskites and related materialsRare-earth and actinide compoundsAdvanced Condensed Matter Physics
Shuxiang Dong、Jiefang Li、D. Viehland2004-09-20Applied Physics Letters
It has been found that ring-type magnetoelectric laminate composites of circumferentially magnetized magnetostrictive TERFENOL-D and a circumferentially poled piezoelectric Pb(Zr,Ti)O3 have high sensitivity to a vortex magnetic field. At room temperature, an induced output voltage from this ring laminate exhibited a n…
Ferroelectric and Piezoelectric MaterialsMultiferroics and related materialsMagneto-Optical Properties and Applications
Jun-Xian Ding、Juan Antonio Zapien、W. W. Chen 等 6 位作者2004-09-20Applied Physics Letters
High-density and uniform-sized gold particle arrays have been prepared electrochemically on anodic aluminum oxide (AAO) templates. The gold particles were used as catalysts to synthesize ZnS nanowires. The as-grown nanowires had a wurtzite single-crystal structure and were aligned perpendicularly to the AAO template.…
Quantum Dots Synthesis And PropertiesNanowire Synthesis and ApplicationsAnodic Oxide Films and Nanostructures
S. Mackowski、T. Gurung、H. E. Jackson 等 7 位作者2004-09-20arXiv
We observe a strong dependence of the exciton spin relaxation in CdTe quantum dots on the average dot size and the depth of the confining potential. For the excitons confined to the as-grown CdTe quantum dots we find the spin relaxation time to be 4.8 ns. After rapid thermal annealing, which increases the average dot…
Materials Science
A. Yamaguchi、H. Tanigawa、T. Ono 等 7 位作者2004-09-20arXiv
It was found that high current density needed for the current-driven domain wall motion results in the Joule heating of the sample. The sample temperature, when the current-driven domain wall motion occurred, was estimated by measuring the sample resistance during the application of a pulsed-current. The sample temper…
Materials Science
C. R. Miranda、R. W. Nunes、A. Antonelli2004-09-20arXiv
We propose a new microscopic model for the $\{001\}$ planar defects in diamond commonly called platelets. This model is based on the formation of a metastable stacking fault, which can occur because of the ability of carbon to stabilize in different bonding configurations. In our model the core of the planar defect is…
Materials Science
Nicola Cioffi、Luisa Torsi、Nicoletta Ditaranto 等 10 位作者2004-09-20Applied Physics Letters
Eukaryotes, such as fungi, can be harmful pathogen agents, and the control of their bioactivity is critical as humans are eukaryote organisms, too. Here, copper∕polymer nanocomposites are proposed as antifungal spinnable coatings with controlled copper-releasing properties. The tests of the bioactivity show that funga…
Nanocomposite Films for Food PackagingElectrospun Nanofibers in Biomedical ApplicationsAntimicrobial agents and applications
Ayan Datta、Swapan K Pati2004-09-20arXiv
We propose new methodologies for stabilizing all-metal antiaromatic clusters like: Al$_{4}$Li$_{4}$. We demonstrate that these all-metal species can be stabilized by complexation with 3d-transition metals very similar to its organic counterpart, C$_4$H$_4$. Complexation to transition metal ions reduce the frontier orb…
Materials ScienceStrongly Correlated Electrons